23 Bible Verses about Missionaries

I have shewed you in all things, that by labouring thus ye ought to support the infirm; and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, who said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Pure and uncorrupt religion before God and our Father is this, to take care of orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

I was naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye took care of me; I was in prison, and ye visited me.

Salute Priscilla and Aquila my fellow-laborers in Christ Jesus:

And when I was present among you, and in want, I was chargeable to no one. For the brethren that came from Macedonia supplied my want: and in every thing I have kept myself from being burdensome to you, and so I will keep myself.

Nevertheless ye did well in communicating to the relief of my affliction. And ye Philippians know, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I was departing from Macedonia, no church communicated to me on the score of giving and receiving, but you only. For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again to supply my wants.

and my beloved Stachys.

who have borne witness to thy love before the church: whom thou wilt do well in forwarding, as is worthy of God.

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with discretion to know how ye ought to answer every one.

Let no corrupt word come out of your mouth; but what is good to useful edification, that it may benefit the hearers.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another by psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, with gratitude singing in your hearts to the Lord.

not forsaking our assemblies, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more as ye see the day approaching.

but exhort one another daily, while it is called to-day; that none of you may be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin:

Brethren, if any among you be seduced from the truth, and one convert him; let him know that he, who turneth back a sinner from the error of his way, shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.

but God hath chosen things that are foolish in the eye of the world to put it's wise men to confusion; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the mighty;

But God hath called us to peace; for how knowest thou, O wife, but thou shalt save thy husband; or how knowest thou, O husband, but thou shalt save thy wife?

that ye may be blameless and inoffensive, the children of God without reproof, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation; among whom ye shine as lights in the world,

So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your father, who is in heaven.

So that ye became examples to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia.

Wherefore comfort one another, and edify each other, as indeed ye do.

Let us then pursue peace, and mutual edification.

but let every one of us please our neighbor for his good, to his edification.

So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your father, who is in heaven.

having a good conversation among the Gentiles; that whereas they speak against you as evil-doers, they may glorify God in the day of their visitation, on account of the good works which they behold in you.

that ye may be blameless and inoffensive, the children of God without reproof, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation; among whom ye shine as lights in the world, exhibiting the word of life; to my rejoicing in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, nor laboured in vain.

and saith to the people, Come, see a man who hath told me all that ever I did; is not this the Christ?

And Nathaniel said unto him, Can any thing good come out of Nazareth? Philip replied, Come and see.

but when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonders that He wrought, and the children crying out in the temple, Hosanna to the Son of David, they were vexed to the heart, and said to Him, Dost thou hear what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yes, have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast procured praise?

And admonish the disorderly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the weak, be of a patient spirit towards all.

However do not look upon him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

Confess your faults one to another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed: the fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

Praying at the same time for us also, that God would open to us a door of utterance, to declare the mystery of Christ, for which also I am in bonds: that I may make it manifest, as I ought.

Pray for us; for we are confident that we have a good conscience, desiring in all things to behave well.

And he called ten of his servants, and delivered to them ten pounds, and said, Trade with them till I come.

For as a man, who was going to travel abroad, called his servants, and delivered to them his stock: and to one he gave five talents,

For to their power, I bear them witness, yea and beyond their power, they contributed of their own accord:

And have no communion with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

so he turned and said to them, If any man come to me, and does not comparatively hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple.

for I did not think it meet to know any thing among you, but Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should declare the glories of Him, who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

And He answered them, I tell you, that if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.

Now they that were dispersed by the trouble, which arose about Stephen, travelled as far as Phenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but the Jews only. But some of them were Cyprians, and Cyrenians, who when they came to Antioch, discoursed with the Grecians also, preaching the Lord Jesus.

Now they that were dispersed went about preaching the word.

But when Jesus heard these things He said unto him, Thou yet wantest one thing, Sell all that thou hast, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and follow me, cannot be my disciple.

For the love of Christ constraineth us, being fully persuaded of this, that if One died for all, then were all dead. And He died for all, that those who live might no longer live to themselves, but to Him who died for them and rose again.

but God hath chosen things that are foolish in the eye of the world to put it's wise men to confusion; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the mighty;

And this they did not merely as we hoped, but first gave themselves unto the Lord, and to us by the will of God.

as every one hath received a gift, imparting it to each other, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If any one speak, let it be as declaring the oracles of God: if any one minister, let it be as from the power which God affordeth him: that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Wo unto you scribes and pharisees, hypocrites: for ye compass sea and land to make a proselyte, and when he is gained, ye make him more the child of hell than yourselves.

for ye sympathized with me in my bonds, and ye took joyfully the plundering of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.

Whosoever then shall own me before men, I also will own him before my Father, who is in heaven:

So Joses who was by the apostles sirnamed Barnabas, which is a son of consolation, a Levite, by birth a Cyprian, having an estate, sold it and brought the money, and laid it at the feet of the apostles.

He first meeteth with his own brother Simon, and telleth him, "We have found the Messiah, which is to say, the Christ." And Andrew brought him to Jesus: and Jesus looking at him said, Thou art Simon the son of Jonas, thou shalt be called Cephas; which is interpreted a stone.

having a good conversation among the Gentiles; that whereas they speak against you as evil-doers, they may glorify God in the day of their visitation, on account of the good works which they behold in you.

(but preserved Noah an eighth person, a preacher of righteousness,) bringing a deluge upon the world of the ungodly;

Who had been instructed in the way of our Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spake and taught clearly the things of the Lord, though he knew only the baptism of John.

And as he began to speak openly in the synagogue, Aquila and Priscilla heard him and took him home, and expounded to him the way of God more perfectly.

And one of them, perceiving that he was healed, returned, with a loud voice glorifying God:

Now there came to Ephesus a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures.

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

so he turned and said to them, If any man come to me, and does not comparatively hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple.

how God anointed Him with the holy Spirit and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed by the devil: for God was with Him.

and he departed, and published in Decapolis, how great things Jesus had done for him, and they were all amazed.

and saith to the people, Come, see a man who hath told me all that ever I did; is not this the Christ?

And Nathaniel said unto him, Can any thing good come out of Nazareth? Philip replied, Come and see.

And coming in at the very same time, gave thanks unto the Lord, and spake of Him to all that were looking for redemption in Jerusalem.

And after much debate, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Brethren, ye know that a good while ago, God, who was among us, chose that the Gentiles should hear by my mouth the word of the gospel, and believe.

And when they had brought their ships to land, they left all and followed Him.

and Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who assisted Him with their substance.

Now they that were dispersed went about preaching the word.